SCP-8221


rating: -4+x
Item#: SCP-8221
Level5
Containment Class:
keter
Secondary Class:
{$secondary-class}
Disruption Class:
amida
Risk Class:
critical

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-8221 is to be neutralized at all costs, given the threat they pose to all known and unknown universes where the Foundation exists. Under no circumstances are Foundation researchers to develop empathy or sympathy for SCP-8221; any attempts to interact with, protect or otherwise exculpate SCP-8221 will result in severe disciplinary action.

Any individuals believed to be connected to SCP-8221 are to be detained indefinitely.


Description: SCP-8221 is a hostile conceptual entity originating outside of the known dimensions and universes identifying itself as "█████ ████████". SCP-8221 is currently believed to be ontologically superimposed with 231 active anomalies, anomalous events, and Foundation internal documentation. SCP-8221 appears to be directly responsible for the creation of these anomalies, or is responsible for replicating an anomaly across multiple dimensions.

SCP-8221 anomalous effects are unpredictable, causing major reality restructuring events, as well as appearing to control the actions and behaviors of any being, both anomalous and non-anomalous. Individuals under the influence of SCP-8221 report feeling trapped within their own bodies, as if being 'puppeteered'. While all actions taken under the influence of SCP-8221 are congruent with the individuals beliefs, SCP-8221 appears to retroactively modify a given individual's history, personality, and appearances to cause this congruence.

Below is a table of relevant instances of reality restructuring, directly caused by SCP-8221:

Victim Events & Impact
Dr. Lucas Whitehall While under the influence of SCP-8221, Dr. Whitehall was directly responsible for unethical human experimentation while researching SCP-4949. SCP-8221 influence also resulted in Dr. Whitehall verbally and emotionally abusing their child. It is unknown if there was any physical abuse.
Multiple Victims SCP-8221 influenced multiple test subjects involved with SCP-3867, causing them to have retroactively abused animals. Manipulated test subjects consistently express a total lack of remorse for their actions.
SCP-4311 SCP-8221 is responsible for the unethical treatment of SCP-4311, including the emotional manipulation, gaslighting and the forced codependent relationship the anomaly was involved in.
Dr. Herman Friedman SCP-8221 caused the child abuse, emotional manipulation, attempted conversion therapy and homophobic vehemence, in relation to SCP-8000-EX. It is unknown whether SCP-8221 manipulated Dr. Friedman, or created the conceptual fears that motivated their actions.
Elisabeth Arturo SCP-8221 is the cause of Elisabeth Arturo's anomalous abilities, and is directly responsible for their suicide.
Michelle Iverson SCP-8221 caused Michelle Iverson, Head of the Fire Suppression Department, to create Asset "Florida Orange", resulting in the termination of SCP-999. This caused an NK-Class "Grey Goo" scenario, resulting in the replacement of all potable and non-potable water with SCP-999, and the loss of that reality.

SCP-8221 is capable of manipulating multiple realities, and has retroactively changed the definition of many anomalies contained by the Foundation.1

Significant research has been done into identifying a method of communication, however, all attempts have failed. Due to the risk posed by SCP-8221, the O5 council has authorized a total review of the noosphere, and the permanent detention of any and all individuals believed to have been under the influence of SCP-8221, or ontologically connected with them in some way. This is in the hopes that identifying and interrogating these individuals will provide insight into how to neutralize SCP-8221.


Addendum 1: Detainee Interviews

Following the authorization by the O5 Council, a full review of all Foundation employees and affiliated individuals began, to identify those sympathetic to SCP-8221, or otherwise ontologically connected to SCP-8221 conceptually.

A total of 28% of the global population of Foundation employees were detained, and another 17% neutralized while attempting to resist. Any instances believed to be created by SCP-8221 were detained, and given sub-designations. These subjects are identified by being entirely ontologically overlapped with SCP-8221, and are believed to have been under their influence since birth.

The following are excerpts from interviews during the initial detainment of the aforementioned individuals:2

SCP-8221-1 Interview

Interviewer: O5-1

Subject: SCP-8221-1


<BEGIN LOG>

O5-1: SCP-8221-1, I will be interviewing you today.

SCP-8221-1: This isn't ethical. You know that, right?

O5-1: When has the Foundation ever been ethical?

O5-1 leaves through a folder, before setting it down on the table between them.

O5-1: What can you tell me about SCP-8221?

SCP-8221-1: About what? I think there's some confusion, I'm a Foundation employee, I'm not supposed to be detained.

O5-1: Sure. O5-1 writes notes in the margin of the file with disinterest. So you're going with pretending to be ignorant? That's fine with me.

SCP-8221-1: I do not know what you are talking about. My name is Ja—

O5-1: Yes, Dr. Jay Everwood. Foundation researcher and GoI specialist. I am familiar with you.

SCP-8221-1: Well then let me out. Nobody has told me why I've been detained in the first place. This is unethical and a major breach of—

O5-1: Tell me, SCP-8221-1, when did you lose your arm?

SCP-8221-1 freezes.

SCP-8221-1: It was in an accident but…

O5-1: You can't remember the details.

SCP-8221-1: Yeah.

O5-1: So, do you like your prosthetic?

SCP-8221-1: Confused I guess? I don't like wearing it, but sometimes it's needed.

O5-1: I thought you had a bionic arm.

SCP-8221-1: I have nev—

SCP-8221-1 turns pale, staring at the remains of their right arm.

SCP-8221-1: What the fuck did you do to me?

O5-1: Me? Nothing. That's all SCP-8221's doing.

SCP-8221-1: What is SCP-8221? You still haven't given me an answer, and I demand some respect for my position in the Foundation.

O5-1 closes the file, and places a pen neatly at the top. They do so lackadaisically, as SCP-8221-1 becomes more and more irritated.

O5-1: Do you have an "█████ ████████"?

SCP-8221-1: No? I've never heard of that na— wait. Why is that familiar? Why does that name feel so… important to me?

O5-1: Where are you parents from, SCP-8221-1?

SCP-8221-1: My mom and dad are from Florida, and █████ ████████ is from—

SCP-8221-1 freezes, and does not speak again.

<END LOG>


Note: SCP-8221-1 is to be placed on indefinite suicide watch, and their prosthetic is to be placed within anomalous object storage.


SCP-8221-2 Interview

Interviewer: O5-1

Subject: SCP-8221-2


<BEGIN LOG>

O5-1: Tell me, SCP-8221-2, I was a bit confused. Are you a single instance, or multiple?

SCP-8221-2: Are you— do you mean my plurality?

O5-1: Sure. Whatever. How many of you are in there?

SCP-8221-2: Are you fucking joking? Who the fuck are you to talk to me like that?

O5-1: Thanks for asking. I'm O5-1.

SCP-8221-2: Shit.

O5-1 grins like a shark.

O5-1: Yeah. Shit.

SCP-8221-2: I didn't realize, I wa—

O5-1: No mind. Please answer the question though, SCP-8221-2. How many of you are in there?

SCP-8221-2: Five. Including myself that is.

O5-1: Really? That's interesting. Do you mind naming them for me?

SCP-8221-2: You know that I'm a fucking researcher here, right? You can't just—

O5-1: I can do whatever I would like to do. If I deemed it so, you would be neutralized right now — hey, you know what? I just might for the hell of it. Just one little hand gesture, and the—

SCP-8221-2: Rex. I'm Rex.

O5-1: Good. Who else is there?

SCP-8221-2: There's Atlas, Wally, and Janus.

O5-1: That's only four names.

SCP-8221-2: What are you talking about?

O5-1: Earlier. You said 5. You have 5 headmates, including yourself. Who are you hiding?

SCP-8221-2: I'm not hiding anything! It is just the five of us, always has been!

O5-1: You said it again. Five. I want you to think long and hard about how you want to answer this before you respond, okay?

SCP-8221-2 nods their head in assent.

O5-1: Again, I ask you. What are the names of all of your headmates?

SCP-8221-2: Rex. Atlas. Wally. Janus. █████ ████████.

O5-1: There we go, finally. Am I able to speak to ████?

SCP-8221-2: No.

<END LOG>


Note: Following attempts by loyal Foundation researchers to isolate SCP-8221 from SCP-8221-2's mind, SCP-8221-2 suffered significant brain damage, and is held in Foundation Medical Containment, in a vegetative state.


SCP-8221-3 Interview

Interviewer: O5-1

Subject: SCP-8221-3


<BEGIN LOG>

O5-1: I didn't expect to see you here.

SCP-8221-3: Why? Did the Foundation suddenly remember what ethics were? I just assumed that one day I'd end up in one of your fucking cells.

O5-1: Pleasant. Listen, I've had a long day of running around the bush, so I'm just going to cut to the chase. Why did you transition?

SCP-8221-3: Because I have always been transgender.

O5-1: Let me try again. Why did you transition?

SCP-8221-3: Are you joking? Because I have always been a woman, jackass.

O5-1: I don't believe you. Why did you transition?

SCP-8221-3: I'm not answering that. I already told you, it's because I—

O5-1: See, the problem is that, well, I just don't believe you. So instead, how about I tell you what I think happened, and just stop me if I'm wrong.

SCP-8221-3: You can stop right now, you're already wro—

O5-1: How do you think Tim feels? Losing his favorite son, you tearing his legacy away fro—

SCP-8221-3: Favorite? Really? Misgendering me and dragging my fucking dad into it? His fucking legacy, it's always about the fucking legacy with you, isn't it?

O5-1: We have supported Wilson's Wildlife Solutions for years, both financially and by covering up your fuck-ups. What kind of legacy is that?

SCP-8221-3 pauses, glaring at O5-1.

SCP-8221-3: Enough bullshit. What do you really want?

O5-1 looks at SCP-8221-3 with renewed appraisal.

O5-1: Tell me about SCP-8221. You might know it as ███—

SCP-8221-3: █████ ████████?

O5-1: So you do know SCP-8221.

SCP-8221-3: Sure. About as much as you do.

O5-1: What are you implying?

SCP-8221-3: Oh, let me clarify. I'm saying exactly what you think I'm implying.

O5-1: Accusing a member of the O5 council of treason is a—

SCP-8221-3: Let me pause you. I'm not one of your lackeys, I'm not one of your whipped little puppies, and I'm certainly not your fucking anomaly. I am Faeowynn Wilson and I am my own woman. Yeah, I know ████. So do you. Hell, look around you — do you think there's anything that they haven't touched, anything that they haven't broken? I have just as much free will as you do. What has ████ told you? That you don't have to leave? That you could stay in the role, in full control of yourself?

O5-1: I don't know what you're talking about.

SCP-8221-3: Right. Don't you find it strange? Why did you get to stay, and all the others had to leave? You're not special, you're not different. Unless, of course, you're in the exact same fucking situation as I am.

<END LOG>


Note: O5-1 has denied SCP-8221-3's claims.

At this time, the Foundation's priority is the continued capture and containment of SCP-8221-# instances, in an effort to gain a better understanding of how to neutralize SCP-8221.


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